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'wholly Roman Empire' for 'Holy Roman Empire'

The phrase ‘wholly Roman empire’ enjoyed a brief vogue among British journalists in describing the purchase of a UK football club by Russian kleptocrat Roman Abramovich. These account for the plurality of ghits, but there are others that look like legit eggcorns, e.g.,